The Giant Squid ← Preceded by - "The Orcas" - Followed by → The Great Algae Escape |
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| Season 1, Episode 7 | |
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| General | |
| Airdate: | October 12th, 2010 |
| Written by: | Stephanie Simpson |
| Directed by: | Darragh O'Connell |
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”The Octonauts and the Orcas” is the first segment of the 4th episode of the first season of Octonauts.
Summary[]
When a huge orca whale becomes beached, Captain Barnacles and the Octonauts devise a plan to pull him back into the water, with some help from a group of tunneling fiddler crabs.
Plot[]
Annoying Sound[]
Barnacles is playing his accordion in his room when Kwazii comes in asking if he could practice somewhere else. Just then, their ship gets hit by something and Barnacles tells Kwazii to sound the octo-alert. Barnacles, Kwazii, and the other Octonauts meet at the HQ when their ship gets hit again. They then see a whale called an orca and many more also arrive.
New friends[]
Barnacles and Kwazii look outside the window when an orca aggressively swims over and rams the octopod. Kwazii tells Barnacles that they have to bump him back but the captain says that they should talk before they bump. Barnacles tells the orcas to not bump their ship. Suddenly the male orca gets ready to ram the octopod again only to get stopped by a female orca who tells the other orcas to get back. The female orca apologizes and explains that they heard the octopod making strange noises. Barnacles tells them that it was him having trouble playing his accordion but the orcas thought it sounded quite lovely.
Going outside to meet their new friends[]
The Octonauts exit the octopod and meet the orcas, Shellington records the orcas calls, Tweak measures how long the orcas are, and Dashi takes lots of pictures of the orcas. The male orca that bumped the octopod asks Kwazii if he wants to race, and when Kwazii agrees, the orca takes off without saying go. This forces Kwazii to go full speed in the Gup-B in order to keep up with the orca. Barnacles keeps an eye on Kwazii and the orca on the radar.
Orca Whale on the beach[]
Kwazii is still trying to keep up with the orca. However they're heading straight for a beach. Barnacles hops into the Gup-D in an attempt to catch up with them and stop them, but it's too late. The orca wins the race by beaching himself on the beach and chanting to himself that he won. Kwazii arrives and says "he had a head start" but the Orca replies that he can have a head start next time. The orca then tries to turn around and get back into the water, but has a hard time so he asks Kwazii to give him a push. Kwazii agrees and charges at the orca to try and push him only to bounce off the orcas front and land on the sand. Just then Barnacles arrives and asks Kwazii if he and the orca are alright, which Kwazii confirms, but the orca is stuck and starting to get hot, so Barnacles tells Kwazii that there's a bucket in the Gup-D, and asks him to get it and get some water and pour it over the orca.
Rescuing the Orca: Part 1[]
The Orca realizes he is stuck on the beach, and he can't stay out of the water for long, so Barnacles promises that they'll help him get back in the water. Barnacles contacts the Octopod and tells the other Octonauts what is going on, so they all agree to help. At the beach, Tweak says they will need rope and lots of it. They tie the ropes onto the fins of the orca and Barnacles gives the command to pull but the Orca cries out in pain and says that it really hurts and Barnacles tells them to stop pulling. Tweak has an idea. If they could get the ropes under him, they could lift him up. Barnacles asks the Fiddler Crabs if they can get the ropes under the Orca but one of the Crabs refuses to help; saying that it's his fault getting himself stuck on the beach. A wave then comes and the Fiddler Crab gets flipped upside down, Barnacles helps him up and the Crab agrees to help.
Rescuing the Orca: Part 2[]
The Crabs move the ropes under the orca so that way it wraps around him and doesn't pull too hard on the orcas fins. Once they're done wrapping the ropes around the Orca, Barnacles gives the command to pull again which works and the Orca is freed and back in the water. Back at the octopod, the Orcas thank the Octonauts and tell Barnacles to practice their special signal much to Kwazii's dismay. The Orcas say goodbye and leave.
Creature Report[]
- Orcas
Trivia[]
- Many people believe Orcas are whales, while most sources say that they are actually the largest dolphins in the ocean. Whales and dolphins are distant relatives, so it may make sense of what people believe.
- This is the first episode to show a species of whale, or cetacean.
- The Octonauts react to the Orcas bumping the Octopod before they even see them.
- The Vegimals were also singing the exact same tune they sang when they were hatching, and riding the Gup-V in A Very Vegimal Christmas
- In the US version, this episode comes after the Remipedes.
Creature Report Lyrics (Orca)[]
Orca families live in pods
Orcas all have great big bods
Orcas families love it when they play
Orcas all have lots to say
Each pod makes a different sound
That is how they know their family is around